acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, voice Colin Meloy arranged by [strings] Mike Johnson cello [her majesty's string quartet] Mike Lah design Carson Ellis design [assisted by], illustration [assisted by] Colin Meloy drums, voice [backing], percussion, vibraphone, glockenspiel, organ Rachel Blumberg electric bass, double bass [upright bass], percussion Jesse Emerson electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro, synthesizer [oberheim], percussion Chris Funk tracks 1, 7, 9, 11 engineer [engineered by] Adam Selzer tracks 2 to 6, 8, 10 engineer [engineered by] Lawrence Crane handclaps Kenneth Erlick harmonica [chromatic] Dave Lipkind illustration Carson Ellis layout, art direction [production] Brady Clark mastered by John Golden organ [hammond], electric piano [rhodes], piano [upright], accordion, electric piano [wulitzer], voice [backing], percussion Jenny Conlee producer [produced by] The Decemberists producer [with] Adam Selzer producer [with] Lawrence Crane songwriter Colin Meloy trumpet, trombone, handclaps Cory Gray viola [her majesty's string quartet] Bridget Callahan violin [her majesty's string quartet] Emily Cox violin [her majesty's string quartet] Lucia Atkinson tracks 1 voice [blood curdling scream] Carson Ellis Copyright (c) Kill Rock Stars Recorded At Jackpot! Recording Studio Recorded At Type Foundry Made By Americ Disc Recorded at Jackpot! (tracks 2 to 6, 8, 10) and Type Foundry (tracks 1, 7, 9, 11) in Portland, OR, February and March of 2003.